Quotes about "Diversity & Inclusion"

When everything is stripped away in life, everybody is a human being that has problems, that has issues, has flaws, that isn't perfect. It doesn't make a difference what your sex is, what your sexual preference is, what your race is or what your background is. If you're a good person, you're OK in my book. ”

If technology can remove some of the labour-intensive tasks where the computer can do better than the human eye; that helps. ”

Neuroscience is a baby science, a mere century old, and our scientific understanding of the brain is nowhere near where we'd like it to be. We know more about the moons of Jupiter than what is inside of our skulls. ”

Being a depressive should not imply danger any more than being a man or even a human should. Mental illness isn't a them/us issue; we are all on the scale somewhere. So we must be very careful to resist ignorance and combat the stigma that leads to dangerous silence. ”

Keep reiterating, again and again, that depression is not something you 'admit to.' It is not something you have to blush about; it is a human experience. It is not you. It is simply something that happens to you. ”

Kneeling for the anthem does nothing to advance solutions to racial injustice, police brutality, or any other social plight. It is a slap in the face to patriotism itself. It is a statement that America as a country is no longer worth standing for. ”

In all of my books, I really want to work with working-class people. My goal is to show the moments of grace and dignity in their lives. ”

Everybody thinks that equality comes from identifying people, and that's not where equality comes from. ”

Human imagination is so much more potent than anything we could put down in words. ”

Understanding listening is an epiphany moment for every improviser. At least for me it was. ”